Knit shirt



(No Model.)

J. LEE.

KNIT SHIRT. No. 330,500. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOHN LEE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

KNIT SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,500, dated November 1'7, 1885. Application filed March 16,1885. Serial No. 159,084. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LEE, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Knit Shirts; andI hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in knit shirts of that class in which the upper or body portion is formed with two layers or thicknesses.

It consists in forming this double body with the upper edges united together and thelower edges separated, either wholly or in part.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more complete explanation of my invention, the figure is a view of a shirt showing my invention.

A is the body or main portion of the shirt, and B is the secondary portion, which is of the same shape or form as the upper part of the body, extending, preferably, from the neck downward to the loins, so as to more perfectly protect the body from rapid cooling after it has been in a state of perspiration. The upper portion of this second body is formed with or attached to the main portion at or about the neck and shoulders in any suitable manner.

In the wearing and washing of goods of this class particles of fiber become detached, and if the two parts were completely attached together at the bottom all the way around would in time form a ridge or filling, which would be disagreeable and uncomfortable. It is also difficult for air to obtain access to the spaces between the two parts if they are entirely united. For this reason I form openings or spaces 0 at intervals around the lower edge of the attached portion B, which may be bound or otherwise finished, so that they will not be easily raveled or worn upon the edges. It would be possible to leave the lower edges disconnected; but in order to keep the two parts properly in place I prefer to unite them at intervals of a few inches, leaving similar open spaces between these points of union. Through these openings the air has free access to the inclosed spaces between the two parts A and B,and will therefore dry them out much quicker when damp, and will also allow a more ready change of the air between the two parts, and lint or detached masses of fiber will readily drop out through these openings, and thus prevent the accumulation of an uncomfortable roll at the point where the two are united.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A knit shirt having a secondary or reenforcing piece entirely surrounding or encircling the body, thetwo parts being united at the upper edges and having openings or spaces or open intervals around the lower edges, substantially as herein described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN LEE.

Witnesses:

S. H. N oURsE, H. 0. LEE. 

